A few Newsworthy tweets ... Sep 12 - 16

Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history, is not responsible for triggering the decline of the American empire, but he is responsible for its fatal denouement.

This is the end.

U.S. bases in the oil-rich Persian Gulf have been… pic.twitter.com/Jhl7SJxZb8

— Chris Hedges (@ChrisLynnHedges) September 13, 2026

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Never forget.
Before Gaza there was Iraq. https://t.co/0WiJIFtO68

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) September 12, 2026

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US universities conducted at least 70 research projects in collaboration with the Israeli military & sometimes explicitly incorporate environmental conditions in Palestine into the work. These projects are procured as “defense articles & services,” paid for w/US taxpayer dollars. pic.twitter.com/eot5my9xUn

— AIPAC Tracker (@TrackAIPAC) September 13, 2026

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Zelensky imposed sanctions on his former spokesperson, Iuliia Mendel, a vocal critic of his government and of the Ukraine proxy war. Today the European Parliament barred Iuliia from a planned speaking event: https://t.co/i33YzXS8sW

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) September 16, 2026

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I normally don't do opinion pieces, but I just wrote one about AI-powered “detectors” of AI-authored content and important issues with them that I think need to be urgently discussed, especially within independent media.

While these "detectors" have recently been promoted as a…

— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) September 10, 2026

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Bab al-Mandab falls to Ansarallah as Yemen’s war turns on Riyadh

Riyadh’s fragmented proxy forces have lost Yemen’s western coast, leaving one of the world’s most coveted waterways in the hands of the movement. @mawaddaisk

READ https://t.co/YFQ3eCjVsE pic.twitter.com/G0XtDIPQ12

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) September 15, 2026

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The German Chancellor speaks of Iran’s “war,” its “military nuclear program,” and Iran’s “proxies.”

This narrative is knowingly distorted. It was #USrael - not Iran - that launched a war of aggression, and Germany failed to show even the minimum moral courage required to deplore… pic.twitter.com/QghYhGUZ1G

— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 16, 2026

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